Minnesota bill would shield health care providers from COVID-related lawsuits The bill already has aroused strong passions and sets the stage for a showdown this legislative session. February 5, 2021 7:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Minnesotans who believe they or their loved ones were harmed by hospitals or nursing homes during the pandemic would face a significant new hurdle if they tried to hold them accountable in the courts under a bill introduced this week in the Legislature.
The legislation, introduced by Sen. Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, would shield health care providers from a wide range of lawsuits and government sanctions over care decisions made since the start of the pandemic last March. The sweeping liability protections would extend to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and any health care professional, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
Researchers & Businesses Help Boost COVID-19 Testing Capacity In Montana
Even with vaccine doses rolling out, testing is still critical for tracing and containing the coronavirus. But
throughout 2020
, the White House Coronavirus Task Force consistently said that Montana wasn’t testing enough to contain the spread. Now, institutions statewide have set up their own testing, and are reporting the results to county health departments. So they’ll drive up to the teller window here and speak to one of our friendly staff.
Daniel Bierschwale is the executive director of the Big Sky Resort Area District, a group administrating a defined tax area streching into Gallatin and Madison counties. He was in front of an old bank in Big Sky. The building hasn t functioned as a bank in about a year, but it has found new use as a COVID test collection site.
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Influential Black Americans nominated these these trailblazers.
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Black History Month has become a time-honored tradition since it was first conceptualized as Negro History Week in 1925 by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and first celebrated in 1926. In 1976, honoring the heritage of Black Americans became a month-long celebration, officially recognized in the United States by President Gerald R. Ford.
Now more than ever, February is a time to remember the people who have enriched the community with knowledge, pride and respect. We recognize the contributions, struggles and history of African Americans, and reflect on the idea that Black History is at the heart of American history.Welcome to the first
Good Vaccine News
Good morning. The vaccine news continues to be better than many people realize.
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A nurse prepared a dose of the Moderna vaccine in the Bronx on Saturday.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
The news about the vaccines continues to be excellent and the public discussion of it continues to be more negative than the facts warrant.
Here’s the key fact: All five deaths. They have also drastically reduced hospitalizations. “They’re all good trial results,” Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “It’s great news.”
Many people are instead focusing on relatively minor differences among the vaccine results and wrongly assuming that those differences mean that some vaccines won’t prevent serious illnesses. It’s still too early to be sure, because a few of the vaccine makers have released only a small amount of data. But the available data is very encouraging including about the vaccines’ effect on the